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밬

hangul syllable bak

Hangul syllable bak

By itself, 밬 is a Hangul syllable, not a word with a fixed meaning. It combines ㅂ, ㅏ, and final ㅋ; the Korean word around it supplies the meaning, and nearby sounds can affect its pronunciation.

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What 밬 means

It is a Korean syllable, not a complete word.

밬 combines the Hangul letters ㅂ at the start, ㅏ as the vowel, and ㅋ at the end. These component letters are called jamo. Read it within a Korean word: the word supplies its meaning, and neighboring sounds can affect its pronunciation.

Hangul was devised as a learnable writing system for Korean, rather than relying on Chinese characters. It was recorded in 1443 and explained in a guide published in 1446. Unicode represents syllables either as precomposed blocks or as sequences of jamo; ordinary Hangul text uses block-shaped syllables.

How do I type 밬?

Type its three letters in a Korean input method.

A Korean IME (keyboard input software) combines initial ㅂ, vowel ㅏ, and final ㅋ into 밬 as you enter them.

A syllable can be encoded as one precomposed character or as component jamo. The forms may look alike but remain different text, which can affect exact text matching. Fonts can also change the component letters’ shape, placement, and size inside the block without changing the character.

It carries no special tone by itself; the surrounding word or sentence sets the message’s tone.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Alone in a message
An isolated Hangul syllable; no fixed word meaning without context.
Inside a Korean word
Read it with the whole word; neighboring sounds can affect its pronunciation.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 밬 look different in another font?

It can. Hangul fonts can vary the shape, placement, and size of the component letters inside the block without changing the encoded character.

How to type 밬

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BC2C, then Alt+X to get 밬.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable bak”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bc2c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
밬
CSS
\BC2C
Korean IME
To type 밬, enter ㅂ, then ㅏ, then ㅋ in a Korean input method; it combines them into one syllable.
Exact character
Choose the precomposed syllable in your system’s character picker; separate jamo can look alike but remain different text.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
밬
HTML hex
밬
CSS content
content: "\BC2C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B0%AC
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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